Multiple people detained during protest on North Carolina Central University campus
ANNOUNCED JUST TODAY.
>> CARLY, THANK YOU. ALSO
BREAKING VIDEO FROM OUR WRAL
CREW AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL
UNIVERSITY SHOWS POLICE
APPROACHING A PROTESTER THEN
TAKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
ONE OF SEVERAL STUDENTS TO TAKE
THE PROTESTS IS OVER. HOUSING
CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY. THE BUREAU'S WANTED
TO CASEY JONES U.S. LIVE FROM
CAMPUS WITH THE GROUP'S
MESSAGE. MONICA.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE
REALLY CALMED DOWN HERE NOW
SAID THERE WERE A BIG GROUP
OF STUDENTS HERE IN FRONT OF
THE STUDENT CENTER. MOSTLY
GONE. THE MAIN REMNANT OF THE
PROTESTS AND THESE POLICE CARS
OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE. ALL OF
THIS WAS OVER HOUSING HERE, NOT
JUST THE STATUS OF THE HOUSING,
BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF IT.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING DURING
THESE DETAINMENT. WE SAW ONE
PERSON WITH A MEGAPHONE WHO
WAS DETAINED BY POLICE. WE ALSO
THEN SAW SECOND PERSON RIGHT
THERE IN THE SAME MOMENTS BEING
DETAINED, A STUDENT TELLS ME
THAT SECOND PERSON IS A
PROFESSOR HERE AT NC CENTRAL.
THAT'S FROM A STUDENT HERE ON
CAMPUS. ANOTHER WOMAN WAS ALSO
DETAINED OVER ON THAT SCENE.
AND THEN AFTER WE MARCHED HERE
TO THE STUDENT CENTER, A 4TH
PERSON WAS DETAINED RIGHT AT
THE DOORS. SKY 5 ALSO FLEW OVER
ALL OF THIS AS WE WERE MARCHING
HERE WAS ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK
AND THAT WALK SEEN TO DEFUSE
SOME OF THE TENSION BETWEEN
PROTESTERS AND POLICE. THE
SCENE WAS PRETTY DIFFERENT OVER
HERE AT THE STUDENT CENTER.
A LOT CALMER AND QUIETER.
I DID SPEAK TO A FRESHMAN
STUDENT ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH WITH HER DORM.
>> A LOT OF OUR DORMS CURRENTLY
HAVE MOLD IN THEM. A LOT OF
THEM ARE VERY OLD AND HAVE A
BIG BENEFIT RENOVATED IN A LONG
TIME. WE CONSISTENTLY GET
BOOKS. IT'S ALWAYS FLOODING.
WE JUST HAD TO GET OUR SHOWER
DRAIN REPLACE BECAUSE IT WAS
CONSTANTLY FLOODING. SO WE'RE
JUST HERE TO LET THEM KNOW LIKE
WE NEED TO BE HEARD. THERE'S NO
WAY THAT CHILD KEEP ACCEPTING
ALL THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR
GRADUATE RATE GRADUATION RATE
IS GOING DOWN BUT WE'RE HERE
LIVING IN THESE TERRIBLE LIVING
CONDITIONS. WE PAY ALL THIS
MONEY. IT.
>> AND NC CENTRAL ACKNOWLEDGES
THEIR ENROLLMENT IS GROWING.
THE UNIVERSITY TELLS ME THEY
ARE WORKING TO FIND MORE
OPTIONS FOR HOUSING, INCLUDING
WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS
HERE IN DURHAM. THEY ALSO SAY
THEY HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE
OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE ON CAMPUS
AT THIS SCHOOL. THEN THE
AVERAGE ACROSS UNC SYSTEM
SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE ASKED THE
STATE LEGISLATURE FOR
169 MILLION DOLLARS TO DEAL
WITH ISSUES IN BUILDINGS HERE
ON CAMPUS LIVE IN DURHAM,
MONICA CASEY, WRAL NEWS.
THANK YOU, MONICA AND WRAL HAS
COVERED ISSUES WITH DORMS AT
NC CENTRAL FOR YEARS. BACK IN
THE EARLY 2, THOUSANDS,
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND TO
MOVE INTO HOTELS BECAUSE OF
MOLD IN DORMS, 2 OF THE
BUILDINGS WERE LESS THAN 4
YEARS OLD AND THE STATE PUSHED
THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TO
PAY FOR THE CLEANUP. READ MORE
OF OUR COVERAGE ON THE HISTORY